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all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community
projects over IRC Live Chat:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a><br>
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Then type at bottom:<br>
/join #olpc-meeting<br>
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AGENDA:<br>
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* XO-1.5 early production machines now available & shipping:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/">http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/</a><br>
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* Fast Review of the 10 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. XO-1.5 for "Getting Started" guide - New Orleans, Boston &
South Africa<br>
2. Improving School attendance rate and peformance - Kenya<br>
3. XOphoto - Stillwater, MN & NYC, New York<br>
4. The Chaucer Education Project - Canterbury, Kent, UK<br>
5. Liga Masiva Coffee without Borders - Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic<br>
6. Water Scarcity Awareness Project - Africa, Australia, Europe/UK,
Americas<br>
7. Remapping LA - UCLA / Los Angeles<br>
8. 2nd Grade Special Ed Class, after school study - Arlington, Virginia<br>
9. OLPC Armenia - San Francisco<br>
10. Maasai Connection - Kenya & Prescott, Arizona<br>
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* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27">http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27</a><br>
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* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a><br>
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* Meeting results will be posted here very shortly:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings</a><br>
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1. XO-1.5 for "Getting Started" guide - New Orleans, Boston & South
Africa<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62353">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62353</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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Requests 1 XO-1.5 over undetermined months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
Revising <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://laptop.org/start">http://laptop.org/start</a> for XO-1.5<br>
DRAFTing english revisions for:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://teach.laptop.org/~holt/laptoporg-refresh/10.2.0/gettingstarted/index.shtml">http://teach.laptop.org/~holt/laptoporg-refresh/10.2.0/gettingstarted/index.shtml</a><br>
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2. Improving School attendance rate and peformance - Kenya<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62399">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62399</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49832">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49832</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://e4nfoundation.blogspot.com">http://e4nfoundation.blogspot.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61414"></a>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
]<br>
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Requests 8 XOs over undetermined months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
Concrete proposals with defined, measurable outcomes are much more
likely to result in a laptop than it would be cool to play with these
and demo them .<br>
<br>
1. Equip teachers and pupils with basic computer skills using the XO
laptop.<br>
2. Improve understanding and performance of science subjects.<br>
3. Actively engaging children in their learning process.<br>
4. Increase school attendance rate in rural schools.<br>
5. Introducing another medium of learning and communication using XO
laptop <br>
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3. XOphoto - Stillwater, MN & NYC, New York<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62466">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62466</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Xophoto">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Xophoto</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61571"></a>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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Requests XOs over undetermined months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
The first release of XoPhoto will incorporate the following
features:
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<li>Import from SD or USB flash drives into the XO Journal.
</li>
<li>Create subsets of the images from the journal (imported or from
the Record Activity) into album subsets.
</li>
<li>Provide limited capability to rotate, or crop images.
</li>
<li>Export albums to folders that are accessible to Browse, and
thereby, to online destinations.
</li>
<li>Some limited slideshow capability
</li>
</ol>
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4. The Chaucer Education Project - Canterbury, Kent, UK<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62619">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62619</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
]<br>
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Requests 3 XOs over undetermined months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
The concept model for The Chaucer Education Project evolved from
evaluation<br>
of the difficulties encountered in understanding the theoretical
concepts<br>
in Chemical Physics, where theoretical principles have traditionally
been<br>
taught before demonstrating applications in projects. This approach<br>
subsequently led to considering how best to research and develop
discovery<br>
based teaching methods, to innovatively raise enthusiasm and academic<br>
achievement from Entry to Postgraduate, preferably imminently
leading to<br>
the founding of Chaucer University as an open and distant learning<br>
University of Technology improving basic skills. The Chaucer
Education<br>
Project website includes examples of real-time data sampling used
within<br>
teaching methods.<br>
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5. Liga Masiva Coffee without Borders - Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62662">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62662</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ligamasiva.com/blog">http://www.ligamasiva.com/blog</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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Requests 10 XOs over 24 months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
This project will benefit a community of organic coffee farmers and
their<br>
families in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, improving their ability to<br>
profitably and sustainably direct their livelihoods. These farmers
are<br>
part of an innovative social business called Liga Masiva, a company
that<br>
works to promote a new direct trade model between the organic coffee
farmer<br>
in Jarabacoa, and the roaster and consumer in New York. Liga Masiva
cuts<br>
out the middlemen in the transnational coffee trade, creating a
direct<br>
and mutually beneficial partnership with the farmers. A premium price<br>
for the farmers' coffee is assured and Liga Masiva partners with the<br>
farmers on long-term coffee, community, and environmental projects. <br>
<br>
The affected communities are in remote areas with very little access<br>
to communication. The farmers and their families have acknowledged<br>
their lack of computer access as an impediment to their education<br>
and livelihood. The computers will be family tools, creating a<br>
synergy between the child's use of the computer for educational<br>
ends and the farmer's use of the computer for coffee-related ends. <br>
<br>
The computers will give the farmer access to:<br>
World coffee prices<br>
Weather reports<br>
Better agricultural practices<br>
Communication and connections between themselves and other actors<br>
in the coffee supply chain. <br>
<br>
The computers will give the children of the farm families access to:<br>
Basic computer literacy<br>
Communication with people outside of their community <br>
Internet-based resources (like Wikipedia) that can enrich and<br>
facilitate their educational goals.<br>
<br>
<br>
6. Water Scarcity Awareness Project - Africa, Australia, Europe/UK<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62681">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62681</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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<br>
Requests 1 XO over 6 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
- To teach children about the challenges faced by water scarcity in
the<br>
world.<br>
- To educate children of the need for water conservation and to raise<br>
awareness of products that require high water usage for their
production.<br>
- The outcomes would involve children learning about regions in the
world<br>
where water scarcity is a problem as well as to inspire them on the<br>
scientific progress in water conservation and drought resistant
farming.<br>
- This will also include basic advice on water treatment and
sanitation<br>
methods.<br>
<br>
<br>
7. Remapping LA - UCLA / Los Angeles<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62709">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62709</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bigriver.remap.ucla.edu/remap/index.php/Remapping_LA">http://bigriver.remap.ucla.edu/remap/index.php/Remapping_LA</a> [NEEDS
UPDATE]<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61788"></a>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
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Requests 10 XOs over 6.5 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Currently, students, artists and researchers from UCLA has been
tasked<br>
with creating individual and collective interpretive media works to
be<br>
publicly shown at the Los Angeles State Historic Park (LASHP) in the
summer<br>
of 2010. They will be focusing on new forms of social media,
community<br>
experience, and historical memory, including locative narrative,
interactive<br>
storytelling, interpretive databases, physical interfaces, mobile
devices,<br>
Wi-Fi environments, media-rich installations, etc. <br>
<br>
The XO Laptops offer a unique tool to use in these projects at
LASHP. The<br>
dual-mode screen is perfect for developing creative applications on
its<br>
full-color mode, and for outdoor viewing while in the Park on it's<br>
black-and-white mode . The built in microphone and camera could allow<br>
for recordings of soundscapes of the City, interviews with its
inhabitants,<br>
and photographic montages of its streets. The ability to program<br>
applications (Scratch, EToys) on this device offers endless
possibilities<br>
for these projects.<br>
<br>
UCLA and California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) have
been<br>
actively engaged with research and community development
collaboration<br>
since 2006. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the UCLA<br>
Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance, LASHP has<br>
served as a “living laboratory” for research in the use of media,<br>
audio-visual and other technologies in a public space setting to<br>
document, explore, and express the histories and identities of<br>
communities. LASHP has only been open since 2006 and is still in the<br>
formative stages of park wide design and construction. This project<br>
will build from the previous MOU to provide additional outreach,<br>
research, testing, and prototypes to support media-rich, technology-<br>
based programs to facilitate interpretation and community involvement<br>
for LASHP.<br>
<br>
<br>
8. 2nd Grade Special Ed Class, after school study - Arlington, Virginia<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62713">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62713</a><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=61819"></a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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Requests 5-10 XOs over 3 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Create wikis on OLPC and a blog on Blogger with:<br>
1 - detail how we integrated study hall and the students homework
assignments<br>
2 - lessons learned from teaching<br>
3 - ideas for teaching each sugar application<br>
<br>
<br>
9. OLPC Armenia - San Francisco<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62721">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62721</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~levine">http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~levine</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~sverma">http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~sverma</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
]<br>
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Requests 2 XO-1.5s over 12 months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Translation of Sugar into Armenian. Dr. Levine will carry the XOs to<br>
Armenia in June, where the activity of translation will be set up in<br>
the Computer Science program at the American University of Armenia.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.aua.am">http://www.aua.am</a><br>
<br>
<br>
10. Maasai Connection - Kenya & Prescott, Arizona<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62722">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62722</a><br>
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>
]<br>
<br>
Requests 10 XOs over undetermined months<br>
<br>
Project Objectives:<br>
Our project objective is to create equality for the Maasai in
Kenya. One of<br>
our main ways of doing this is through education in the following
ways:<br>
<br>
- Provide online tutoring to rural Maasai students to enable them
to pass<br>
the Kenya Certification of Primary Education (KCPE) test and thus
achieve<br>
entrance into secondary school.<br>
- Provide a digital library to Maasai students, helping to
alleviate the<br>
desperate need for books.<br>
- Give the resources to match students’ excitement to learn.<br>
- Establish a laptop lending library for students to use them at
home and<br>
outside of school.<br>
- To enable webcam communication for pen-pal programs between rural<br>
Maasailand and “western” societies.
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